James T. Luscinski

James T. Luscinski

James T. Luscinski died in Quang Tri Province
(I Corps) South Vietnam on October 8, 1969 while on a rescue
support mission in his AH-1G gunship for "D";
Company (the Redskins), 158th Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne
Division. Luscinski was flying a rescue support mission
to locate another AH-1G that had crashed in bad weather in the
A Shau Valley when enemy ground fire struck the tail rotor of
his aircraft, causing it to spin and crash, killing both
crewmembers.